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shielding

/ʃˈildɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables
shield-ing
IPA
/ʃˈildɪŋ/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shield

noun

The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Action done by the person with the ball to protect the ball from the defender; the person concerned keeps his body between the ball and the defender.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

shieldings (plural)

Derived Forms

shieldingly

Phrases

radiation shielding shielding constant

Synonyms

screening

Antonyms

deshielding

Rhymes With

fielding yielding wielding unyielding

Questions

How do you pronounce shielding?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈildɪŋ/.
What does shielding mean?
present participle and gerund of shield

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